The Smallest Biomolecules: Diatomics and their Interactions with Heme Proteins: Diatomics and their Interactions with Heme Proteins

Ghosh, Abhik

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Table of Contentsv
  • Prefaceix
  • PART I INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEWS1
  • Chapter 1. Mammalian Myoglobin as a Model for Understanding Ligand Affinities and Discrimination in3
  • 1. INTRODUCTION3
  • 2. LIGAND CONFORMATION AND DISCRIMINATION4
  • 3. WATER OR ENDOGENOUS LIGAND DISPLACEMENT5
  • 4. LIGAND ENTRY IN THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE HEME CAVITY6
  • 5. IRON-LIGAND BOND FORMATION6
  • 6. ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION OF BOUND LIGANDS7
  • 7. FeC–O STRETCHING FREQUENCY, ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS, AND O2 DISSOCIATION RATE CONSTANTS8
  • 8. FORMALISM FOR INTERPRETING LIGAND BINDING CONSTANTS9
  • 9. REGULATION OF O2 AFFINITY AND LIGAND DISCRIMINATION IN SOYBEAN Lba12
  • 10. COMPARISONS BETWEEN ASCARIS SUUM HEMOGLOBIN DOMAIN 1 (AscHb) AND CEREBRATULUS LACTEUS MINI-HEMOG12
  • 11. NO BINDING TO FERRIC AND FERROUS HEME PROTEINS14
  • 12. SUMMARY14
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS15
  • REFERENCES15
  • Chapter 2. A Surfeit of Biological Heme-based Sensors18
  • 1. INTRODUCTION18
  • 2. WHAT CONSTITUTES A BIOLOGICAL HEME-BASED SENSOR?20
  • 3. FAMILIES OF HEME-BASED SENSORS24
  • 4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS59
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS59
  • REFERENCES60
  • Chapter 3. NO and NOx Interactions with Hemes66
  • ABBREVIATIONS66
  • 1. INTRODUCTION: REACTIONS OF NO AND NOX IN SOLUTIONS67
  • 2. THE FORMATION AND DISSOCIATION OF FERRIC AND FERROUS PORPHYRIN NITROSYL COMPLEXES70
  • 3. TRANSFORMATIONS OF COORDINATED NOX75
  • 4. REACTIONS OF NO AND NOX WITH HEME MODELS AND PROTEINS IN AQUEOUS MEDIA80
  • 5. SUMMARY87
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS87
  • REFERENCES88
  • PART II ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND SPECTROSCOPY93
  • Chapter 4. CO, NO, and O2 as Vibrational Probes of Heme Protein Active Sites95
  • ABBREVIATIONS95
  • 1. INTRODUCTION96
  • 2. FeCO VIBRATIONS98
  • 3. Fe(II)NO VIBRATIONS109
  • 4. Fe(III)NO VIBRATIONS115
  • 5. Fe(II)O2 VIBRATIONS117
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT119
  • REFERENCES119
  • Chapter 5. Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy „ NRVS124
  • ABBREVIATIONS124
  • 1. INTRODUCTION124
  • 2. EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY126
  • 3. APPLICATIONS133
  • SUMMARY144
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS144
  • REFERENCES144
  • Chapter 6. EPR and Low-temperature MCD Spectroscopy of Ferrous Heme Nitrosyls147
  • 1. INTRODUCTION147
  • 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS149
  • 3. EPR SPECTRA OF FIVE- AND SIX-COORDINATE Fe(II)–PORPHYRIN NO ADDUCTS151
  • 4. MCD SPECTROSCOPY ON FERROUS HEME NITROSYLS161
  • 5. CONCLUSIONS168
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT168
  • REFERENCES168
  • PART III ASPECTS OF HEMOGLOBINS (EXCEPT HEME„NOx INTERACTIONS)173
  • Chapter 7. Protoglobin and Globin-coupled Sensors175
  • 1. BACKGROUND ON THE GLOBINS175
  • 2. HISTORY OF THE GLOBIN-COUPLED SENSORS AND THE PROTOGLOBIN176
  • 3. GCS FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION176
  • 4. BIOPHYSICAL AND KINETIC CHARACTERISTICS190
  • 5. MECHANISM OF SIGNALING192
  • 6. GCS DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION194
  • 7. PROTOGLOBINS IN THE ARCHAEA196
  • 8. ANCIENT OXYGEN SIGNALING AND THE FUTURE199
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS200
  • REFERENCES200
  • Chapter 8. Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin203
  • 1. GLOBINS: THE ANCIENT PROTEIN SUPERFAMILY CONTAINS TWO NOVICES203
  • 2. NEUROGLOBIN: THE DISTANTLY RELATED COUSIN ON OUR NERVESŽ205
  • 3. CYTOGLOBIN: MUSCLE MYOGLOBIN’S BROTHER IN FIBROBLASTS AND NEURONS210
  • 4. TWO GLOBINS IN SEARCH OF THEIR ROLES IN THE FAMILY (AND IN THE CELL)212
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS216
  • REFERENCES216
  • Chapter 9. Extreme pH Sensitivity in the Binding of Oxygen to Some Fish Hemoglobins: The Root Effect219
  • 1. BACKGROUND220
  • 2. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF OXYGEN BINDING220
  • 3. THE ROOT EFFECT HEMOGLOBINS226
  • 4. EVOLUTION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF ROOT EFFECT HEMOGLOBINS226
  • 5. MECHANISTIC ORIGINS OF THE ROOT EFFECT227
  • 6. STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE ROOT EFFECT228
  • 7. CONCLUSIONS232
  • REFERENCES232
  • Chapter 10. Microbial Hemoglobins: Structure, Function, and Folding235
  • ABBREVIATIONS235
  • 1. HEMOGLOBIN SUPER FAMILY: AN OVERVIEW235
  • 2. MICROBIAL HEMOGLOBINS237
  • 3. STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF MICROBIAL HEMOGLOBINS238
  • 4. FOLDING STABILITIES OF MICROBIAL Hbs257
  • 5. CLOSING REMARKS259
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENT261
  • REFERENCES261
  • PART IV HEME„NOx INTERACTIONS267
  • Chapter 11. The Reaction between Nitrite and Hemoglobin: The Role of Nitrite in Hemoglobin-mediated269
  • 1. INTRODUCTION269
  • 2. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE NITRITE/HEMOGLOBIN REACTION269
  • 3. PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE NITRITE/HEMOGLOBIN REACTION282
  • 4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS286
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS287
  • REFERENCES288
  • Chapter 12. Nitric Oxide Dioxygenase: An Ancient Enzymic Function of Hemoglobin290
  • 1. Hb FUNCTIONS290
  • 2. ROLE FOR Hbs AS NO-METABOLIZING ENZYMES293
  • 3. Hb STRUCTURE AND THE NOD MECHANISM300
  • 4. EVOLUTION OF Hb FUNCTION313
  • 5. INHIBITORS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE NOD REACTION314
  • 6. OTHER ENZYMIC FUNCTIONS FOR (FLAVO)Hbs AND Mbs?317
  • 7. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTIVE318
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS319
  • REFERENCES319
  • Chapter 13. Respiratory Nitric Oxide Reductases, NorB and NorZ, of the Heme–Copper Oxidase Type327
  • 1. INTRODUCTION327
  • 2. GENETIC ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF nor GENE PRODUCTS328
  • 3. RESPIRATORY NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASES ARE MEMBERS OF THE HEME–COPPER OXIDASE SUPERFAMILY331
  • 4. SHORT-CHAIN RESPIRATORY NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE, NorB, IS A COMPLEX WITH CYTOCHROME c335
  • 5. THE ACTIVE SITE337
  • 6. LONG-CHAIN RESPIRATORY NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE, NorZ, IS ALSO A QUINOL OXIDASE343
  • 7. STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL VARIATIONS AMONG RESPIRATORY NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASES344
  • 8. NITRIC OXIDE SIGNALING AND nor GENE REGULATION345
  • 9. CONCLUSIONS349
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS349
  • REFERENCES349
  • Chapter 14. Nitric Oxide Reductase (P450nor) from Fusarium oxysporum354
  • 1. INTRODUCTION354
  • 2. ISOLATION OF P450NOR AND MOLECULAR PROPERTIES355
  • 3. GENE STRUCTURE OF P450NOR358
  • 4. MECHANISTIC STUDIES359
  • 5. REACTIONS WITH PEROXYNITRITE363
  • 6. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY STRUCTURE, AND ENZYMOLOGY366
  • 7. IMPLICATIONS AND OUTLOOK370
  • 8. LATEST RESULTS ON THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF P450NOR BASED ON COMPUTATIONAL CALCULATIONS372
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS374
  • REFERENCES374
  • Chapter 15. Nitric Oxide Interaction with Insect Nitrophorins and Possibilities for the Electron Con378
  • 1. BACKGROUND379
  • 2. STRATEGIES USED BY BLOOD-SUCKING INSECTS TO INSURE THAT THEY OBTAIN A SUFFICIENT MEAL380
  • 3. PROTEIN SEQUENCES AND STRUCTURES OF THE NITROPHORINS FROM R. prolixus.383
  • 4. THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF NP7387
  • 5. NMR SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF THE NITROPHORINS389
  • 6. SOURCE OF NO IN THE INSECT SALIVA: A SALIVARY GLAND NO SYNTHASE FROM R. prolixus396
  • 7. A NITROPHORIN FROM ANOTHER INSECT: STRUCTURE, SPECTROSCOPIC AND REDOX PROPERTIES OF cNP397
  • 8. NITRIC OXIDE REACTIVITY WITH HEME CENTERS403
  • 9. REDOX CHEMISTRY OF NO-HEME SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE NITROPHORINS OF R. prolixus404
  • 10. POSSIBLE ROLE OF HEME RUFFLING IN STABILIZING THE {FENO}6 CENTER OF THE NITROPHORIN–NO COMPLEX412
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS420
  • REFERENCES420
  • Chapter 16. Bioinorganic Chemistry of the HNO Ligand429
  • ABBREVIATIONS429
  • 1. NO AND HNO430
  • 2. PRODUCTION AND DETECTION OF HNO431
  • 3. NITROXYL REVISITED431
  • 4. PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FREE NITROXYL433
  • 5. THE ENEMAR/FELTHAM BONDING EXTREME435
  • 6. BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF NITROXYL INTERMEDIATES436
  • 7. NITRITE REDUCTASES436
  • 8. NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASES438
  • 9. ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS440
  • 10. NITROXYL ADDUCTS OF HEME PROTEINS444
  • 11. BONDING PARAMETERS IN Mb„HNO448
  • 12. NON-HEME NITROXYL COMPLEXES451
  • 13. SURVEY OF REACTIVITY456
  • CONCLUSIONS458
  • REFERENCES458
  • PART V SELECTED ENZYMES AND SENSORS463
  • Chapter 17. Ligand-Protein Interactions in Mammalian Nitric Oxide Synthase465
  • ABBREVIATIONS465
  • 1. INTRODUCTION466
  • 2. SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF NOS469
  • 3. CARBON MONOXIDE AS A PROBE OF THE CATALYTIC SITE470
  • 4. THE NITRIC OXIDE-BOUND COMPLEXES475
  • 5. THE EFFECT OF NO ON THE MONOMER/DIMER EQUILIBRIUM481
  • 6. OVERVIEW OF NO INTERACTIONS493
  • 7. CONCLUSIONS494
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS495
  • REFERENCES495
  • Chapter 18. CooA: A Paradigm for Gas-sensing Regulatory Proteins498
  • ABBREVIATIONS498
  • 1. INTRODUCTION498
  • 2. OVERVIEW OF THE SENSING MECHANISMS OF R. rubrum CooA500
  • 3. COMPARISON OF R. rubrum CooA STRUCTURE AND EFFECTOR RESPONSE TO THOSE OF CRP503
  • 4. HYPOTHESIS FOR ACTIVATION OF CooA BY CO507
  • 5. BASIS FOR THE SPECIFICITY FOR CO IN CooA ACTIVATION517
  • 6. COOPERATIVITY OF CO BINDING519
  • 7. SUMMARY AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS520
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS521
  • REFERENCES521
  • Chapter 19. Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase and Its Evolutionary Relatives524
  • 1. INTRODUCTION524
  • 2. BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS OF sGC FAMILY AND GENEALOGY525
  • 3. MEASUREMENT OF sGC ACTIVITY AND REGULATION529
  • 4. STRUCTURAL HIGHLIGHTS530
  • 5. OXYGEN BINDING TO Tt-HNOX533
  • 6. REGULATION BY NO, CO, AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPOUNDS534
  • 7. OXYGEN-SENSING sGC PROTEINS?535
  • 8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS537
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS537
  • REFERENCES537
  • Chapter 20. Resonance Raman Studies of the Activation Mechanism of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase540
  • 1. INTRODUCTION540
  • 2. STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF sGC542
  • 3. ACTIVATORS OF sGC544
  • 4. SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF sGC546
  • 5. EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE AND ANALOGUES556
  • 6. CHANGES IN HEME VIBRATIONS557
  • 7. MECHANISM OF ACTIVATION557
  • 8. PROSPECTS560
  • REFERENCES561
  • Chapter 21. Insights into Heme-based O2 Sensing from Structure–Function Relationships in the FixL564
  • ABBREVIATIONS565
  • 1. INTRODUCTION566
  • 2. FixL PROTEINS567
  • 3. EARLY PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF FixLs AND THEIR HEME LIGAND COMPLEXES569
  • 4. STRUCTURAL STUDIES574
  • 5. NON-EQUILIBRIUM, LIGAND-COUPLED DYNAMICS AS A PROBE OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION580
  • 6. ROLE OF FixL ASSOCIATION586
  • 7. SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS STUDIES587
  • 8. PERSPECTIVES593
  • REFERENCES594
  • Index597
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780444528391
  • ISBN-13 9780080556321
  • Author Ghosh, Abhik
  • Category Science
  • Subject Inorganic

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This is not a book on NO biology, nor about hemoglobin, nor about heme-based sensors per se. Of course, it covers all these topics and more, but above all, it aims at providing a truly multidisciplinary perspective of heme-diatomic interactions. The overarching goal is to build bridges among disciplines, to bring about a meeting of minds.

The contributors to this book hail from diverse university departments and disciplines – chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, zoology, physics, medicine and surgery, bringing with them very different views of heme-diatomic interactions. The hope is that the juxtaposition of this diversity will lead to increased exchanges of ideas, approaches, and techniques across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

The authors represent a veritable Who’s Who of heme protein research and include John Olson, Tom Spiro, Walter Zumft, F. Ann Walker, Teizo Kitagawa, W. Robert Scheidt, Pat Farmer, Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez, and many other equally distinguished scientists.


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Covers the hottest topics in heme protein research: sensors, NO biology, new roles of hemoglobin, etc.